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1.Fertility Drug "Abuse" on the Rise
ABCNews article about the need for careful patient monitoring during treatment with fertility drugs in order to reduce the risk of dangerous multiple pregnancies.
URL:http://abcnews.go.com/sections/living/HealthyWoman/healthywoman_39.html
2.Fertility Treatment: Drugs
About.com page on fertility drugs.
URL:http://infertility.about.com/msubdrug.htm?pid=2750&cob=home
3.Fertility Drugs
Information on fertility drugs, what conditions specific drugs are used for, dosage information, side effects, risk of multiple pregnancy and long-term safety. Medications profiled include clomiphene citrate (Clomid, Serophene), hMG (Pergonal, Humegon, Repronex), urofollitropin/FSH (Fertinex, Follistim, Gonal-F), hCG (Profasi, Pregnyl, APL), bromocriptine and cabergoline (Parlodel, Dostinex), progesterone (Crinone, Prometrium), GnRH (Factrel, Luterepulse) and GnRH agonists (Lupron, Synarel, Zoladex).
URL:http://members.aol.com/fertilmd/drugs.html
4.Drugs for Infertility
Here you can find information on the various medications used for treatment. Learn the types, costs and how to administer them.
URL:http://sharedjourney.com/drugs.html
5.Fertility Drugs Do Not Raise Breast, Ovarian Or Uterine Cancer Risk
Article in Family Planning Perspectives summarizes the findings of a study in Australia.
URL:http://www.agi-usa.org/pubs/journals/3210000.html
6.Know Your Fertility Meds
A complete list of infertility and fertility medications including telephone numbers to manufacturers.
URL:http://www.am-i-pregnant.com/fertdrug.shtml
7.Fertility Drugs for Women
Information including side effects, cost and success rates for medications used to treat infertility including clomiphene (Clomid, Serophene), human menopausal gonodotropin (Pergonal, Metrodin, Repronex, Perganyl), FSH (Fertinex, Follistim, Gonal-F) and bromocriptine (Parlodel).
URL:http://www.babycenter.com/refcap/4091.html
8.Clomiphene Citrate: The Workhorse of Ovulation Induction
Discussion about clomiphene citrate (Clomid) and its role in inducing ovulation.
URL:http://www.diagnosishealth.com/ovulation.htm
9.Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. (US division) markets a family of infertility treatments, including Repronex, a human menopausal gonadoptrin, as well as a range of endocrinology products.
URL:http://www.ferringusa.com
10.Understanding your Fertility Medications
Describes the fertility medications used for treating infertility.
URL:http://www.fertilethoughts.net/malpani/new/Chap23.htm
11.Clomid Use and Abuse
Discussion of the effects of clomiphene citrate (Clomid, Serophene), conditions where it is useful in stimulating ovulation and conditions where it may be ineffective or even detrimental.
URL:http://www.inciid.org/clomidberger.html
12.Clomiphene and other fertility drugs
Information on fertility drugs including clomiphene, tamoxifen, bromocriptine, hMG, FSH, LHRH, GnRH agonists and antagonists.
URL:http://www.ivf-infertility.co.uk/infertility/treatment/ovarian2.htm
13.Fertility Drugs Pose No Ovarian Cancer Risk
Contrary to previous findings, fertility drugs are not an independent risk factor for ovarian cancer, California researchers reported.
URL:http://www.medscape.com/jobson/MedTrib/interncard/1996/v37.n19/FertilityDrugOvarianCARisk.html
14.Serophene (Clomid)
How serophene (Clomid) helps to achieve pregnancy.
URL:http://www.parenthoodweb.com/articles/phw513.htm
15.What Are the Most Common Fertility drugs?
Discussion of which medications are most commonly used and what they are used for.
URL:http://www.parentsplace.com/expert/fertility/general/qa/0,3488,11806,00.html
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